Error arises from knowledge that is based on a false mental construct. ||8||

Verse 8 

विपर्ययो मिथ्याज्ञानमतद्रूप प्रतिष्ठम् ॥८॥

viparyayo mithyā-jñānam-atadrūpa pratiṣṭham ॥8॥

viparyaya = error; false perception; false knowledge

mithyā = false; misleading

jñānam = knowledge; insight; idea; concept

a = not

tad = that; which; whose

rūpa = form; nature

atadrūpa = different form

pratiṣṭham = rooted, calming, compatible

Error arises from knowledge that is based on a false mental construct. ||8||

PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS